Some residents say even if you're going the speed limit, you can't see the stop sign until it's too late.

Some residents say even if you're going the speed limit, you can't see the stop sign until it's too late.

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Updated: 7:15 PM CDT Sep 9, 2016

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WEBVTT KIM ST. ONGE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION. KIM: PEOPLE LIVING NEAR SOUTHEAST 6TH AND BELL ARE FED UP AFTER WITNESSES SAY FERNANDO LOPEZ AGUILAR DIDN'T STOP THURSDAY AND CAUSED A SERIOUS MULTI-CAR CRASH. SAYING THEY'RE FED UP MIGHT EVEN BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> A HUGE PROBLEM INTERSECTION, IT'S AWFUL. I DON'T EVEN LET MY KIDS PLAY IN THE FRONT YARD. IT BOTHERS ME THAT BAD. KIM: THURSDAY'S CRASH WAS THE WORST KATRINA JOHNSON HAS SEEN AT THAT INTERSECTION, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY ONE. >> SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE THERE HAS BEEN FOUR WRECKS AND I'VE ONLY LIVED HERE A YEAR. KIM: ALL OF THEM, SHE SAYS, BECAUSE SOMEONE BLEW THROUGH THE BELL AVENUE STOP SIGN. KCCI COVERED A 2014 CRASH THERE WHEN A DRIVER DID JUST THAT, SENDING A WOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. >> CARS COME FLYING OVER THIS HILL, THEY DON'T STOP, NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT. KIM: SOME NEIGHBORS TELL ME THE REAL PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T SEE THE STOP SIGN UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. KATRINA ARGUES IF YOU'RE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. >> WHEN YOU COME OVER THE HILL YOU CAN SEE THE STOP SIGN, PEOPLE JUST AREN'T STOPPING. KIM: THAT'S WHY SHE WANTS THE CITY TO STEP IN. >> MAYBE THERE'S, LIKE, LITERALLY THE STOP AHEAD SIGN THEY COULD PUT. OTHERWISE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. KIM: UNTIL SOMEONE COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION, KATRINA IS FORCED TO LOOK AT THIS TRAGIC REMINDER O THURSDAY'S CRASH -- >> I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK OVER THAT WAY. THAT'S AWFUL. KIM: -- A SOFTBALL 12-YEAR-OLD LEA PHANN'S COACH PLACED NEXT TO

Residents worried about problematic intersection after crash

Some residents say even if you're going the speed limit, you can't see the stop sign until it's too late.